Englishness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃnəs/
Etymology
Etymology tree English English Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Englishness From English + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality, state or characteristic of being English.
"Unlike most nations, we no longer "own" our language. The Anglish/New English project is intended as a means of recovering the Englishness of English and of restoring ownership of the language to the English people"
2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2021:The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist.
2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: 'Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
Forms
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Translations (13)
da engelskhed (being English) · pt anglicidade (being English) · pl angielszczyzna (being English) · fr anglicité (being English) · bg англи́йскост (being English) · ka ინგლისელობა (being English) · id keinggrisan (being English) · tr İngilizlik (being English) · bn ইংরেজিয়ানা (being English) · fi englantilaisuus (being English) · sv engelskhet (being English) · ru англи́йскость (being English) · ka ინგლისურობა (being English)